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CincyDem

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18. I thought it was him but you're right - he was on WGN-TV.

Reply to Eyeball_Kid (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 8, 2021, 02:20 PM

Mar 2021

Somewhere in the mid-60's we transitioned from radio to a 12" B&W TV on the kitchen counter - thought we died and went to heaven. Must have been the TV side I'm remember. Still - listening to a ballgame on radio with a great announcer (Scully, Carry, Brenneman Sr.)...I still think that's so much better than TV. The right word pictures add so much to the game.

Thanks for the update.

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Cubs and White Sox allowed to fill 20% of seats to start season (Mayor Lightfoot) [View all] greenjar_01 Mar 2021 OP

Wrigley with 20% of seats filled - sounds like the early 80's. They would have killed for 20%. n/t CincyDem Mar 2021 #1

Sorry, had to... greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #2

Oh hell yeah - and that's probably on "free ticket day" !!! lol. CincyDem Mar 2021 #3

haha greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #4

Brickhouse didn't do Cubs radio. He did WGN-TV. But he moved to WGN radio for Bears games. Eyeball_Kid Mar 2021 #12

the voices of my childhood... dhill926 Mar 2021 #15

I thought it was him but you're right - he was on WGN-TV. CincyDem Mar 2021 #18

As a child of the Chicagoland area from the late 70's and 80's... Moostache Mar 2021 #13

And 100% of that 20% frazzled Mar 2021 #5

Guaranteed Rate is a better, modern ballpark, with better beer, quite frankly greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #6

Except for the name. /nt frazzled Mar 2021 #7

They're both named for local companies greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #8

At least Wrigley was a person frazzled Mar 2021 #11

Jonathan G. Rate disagrees with you greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #14

I've never been to Guaranteed Rate, but ok_cpu Mar 2021 #9

It's definitely a thing greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #10

Went to school across the street from Comiskey Park. CincyDem Mar 2021 #19

In most seasons you'd be lucky to get 20% on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Sox Park! tritsofme Mar 2021 #16

Really starts to trail off after August 1 greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #17